hayfield Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 I was trawling through a box of old RTR chassis on Thursday and in it there was an old brass bar type chassis (similar to an Eames/Jamieson) for a 4-4-2 loco, I am having a slow clear out and was deciding what to do with the chassis Initial thoughts was to find out what chassis it is and as I have no use for it to sell it on, I had no idea if it is a tank or tender loco First thoughts was either a GNR or SR Atlantic tender loco, but its the wrong size, what about a large SR Tank loco, well cylinders rule out several, I looked at LBSCR ones first then at some LSWR without any luck. Then the penny dtopped I looked at the crosshead on the other side and bingo, its a GWR loco, first thoughts was it was for one of the compounds, but no. Then the next candidate was a County Tank and it fits To cut a long and boring story short, Could I kit bash something, was it possible to fit a Wills 61xx on to it, well there are the odd differences, mainly the size of the rear bunker, but all I need is a cheap, Airfix/Dapol body to practise on first, cutting down the top of the chassis to fit the footplate and remove the X03 motor fittings, I may even have a cast Jamieson/Eames/W&H piston casting in my spares box 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaselfish Posted October 9, 2021 Share Posted October 9, 2021 What diameter are the wheels? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 10, 2021 Author Share Posted October 10, 2021 On the chassis they are Romford 26mm, I guess the flanges on 27 mm would be too big. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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